Means for supporting a plurality of garment hangers



July 19, 1949.

o, BAYLER ET AL MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY 0F GARMENT HANGERS Filed July 26, 1947 FIG. 2.

ROBERT M. SHOEMAKER HOWARD o. BAYL ER attorney Patented July 19, 1949 MEANS FOR SUPPORTING A PLURALITY OF GARMENT HANGERS Howard 0. Bayler and Robert M. Shoemaker, Los Angeles, Calif.

Application July 26, 1947, Serial No. 763,914

Claims.

This invention is concerned with means and ways for neatly and efficiently supporting a plurality of garment hangers and the like in chambers wherein the only means of access to them is through a single opening in the chamber. This is especially so with delivery type travelling housings such as automobile trucks and the like.

When the invention is employed in the chamber of a delivery type truck, it consists of an elongated notched bar with its forward end anchored to a vertical wall of the chamber and the other parts thereof supported upon brackets which depend from the ceiling of the chamber. Another bar is shiftably supported by the first mentioned bar and guided so that when it is shifted by a convenient handle means at the rear of the truck, the shiftable bar will rise and force all garment hangers from the notches of the first bar and provide a ready track for them to slide upon toward the rear of the truck. Means is provided so that the operator can easily draw all the hangers to the rear of the chamber for removal.

One of the very important objects of this in- Vention is to present a very convenient and practical means for supporting a large number of garment hangers in a chamber in a manner that the hangers cannot become displace from their spaced apart positions unless purposely forced from their respective notches by manual control means.

Another object is to provide chambers with elongated garment hanger supporting means which is simple in construction but nevertheless, sturdy and reliable for long steady service, a means which is easy to install and maintain, and which is economical to make and manufacture for wide distribution.

Other objects, advantages and features of our invention will become more apparent from inspection of the accompanying drawings, the subjoined detailed description, the preamble of these specifications and the expressions in the appended claims annexed hereto.

Applicants are now about to illustrate and describe one of the suitable forms of their invention in order to teach its application and show how it can be made and used, but it is to be understood that the drawings and description thereof are not to limit the scope or application of the invention in any sense whatsoever, except as expressly limited by the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 shows the longitudinal sectional view of the top portion of a typical delivery type of truck with the invention installed therein,

Figure 2 is an elevational view of the principal parts of this form of the invention upon a somewhat larger scale; parts thereof are broken away and a wall of the truck is shown in sectional view,

Figure 3 is an enlarged view taken substantially along the line 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view of a detailed part of the invention.

As illustrated, the invention is shown as attached to the chamber l of a delivery type of body or housing 2. A bracket 3 supports the front end of a main supporting beam or bar 4 to the front wall 5 of the chamber. This main bar has other portions thereof supported by the spaced apart brackets 6 which depend from the ceiling I of the chamber. The bar 4 may be of any suitable shape and. configuration, but it is preferred to make it in the form of an angle iron, as shown, the lower flange 4' of which is bolted or otherwise fixed to the lower leg 8 of the bracket member 8, note Figure 3 in particular. The bracket 6 is fixed to the upper leg of the bracket member 8, and the upper end of the bracket 6 is fixed to the ceiling l in any suitable manner, such as by the use of the bent end 6 and the bolt 9. Note, that this construction keeps the slide rail or upper edge of the bar 4 spaced from the depending bracket 6 in order to prevent this depending portion 6 from interiering with the free sliding operation of the hangers in along the rail 4.

Along the clear side of the rail 4 there is an elongated flat bar, or shiftable bar, II which is not so long as the rail 4. At spaced intervals along this shiftable bar, a plurality of inclined slots ii. are provided; and at spaced intervals along the rail or main bar 4 there are a plurality of bolts I3, but which may be rivets or just pins extending from the bar 4. Heads l3 are provided on each bolt or pin l3 to prevent removal of the shiftable bar II or its displacement from its main supporting bar 4. The manner for preventing the shifting of the garment hangers I!) along the rail 4 involves the notches [4. There are a large number of such notches so as to allow the positioning of a large number of garment hangers.

At the rear end of the main Hoar 4 there is pivoted at l5 a lever I 6 having the hand gripping 3 force the shiftable bar ll upwardly. When this function is accomplished, the hangers can be quickly slid along the slide rail H by pulling the cord or cable 2|. The front end of the cord is fastened to the forwardmost hanger l0 and the other end of this cord is fastened to the link I t or to any other part or fixture of the chamber.

The two bars 4281111 .II are shown inclined so that the hangers will all automatically gravitate to the rear end of the truck toward the door 2 thereof when the operator pushes the handle [1.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details as to form, style, design, and construction of the whole or any part of the specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof; such changes and modifications being within the scope of the following claims:

1. In a device adapted to support a plurality of garment hangers and the like, a pair of elongated elements, one of the elements having a plurality of notches along its top edge adapted to receive the hook portions of garment hangers and the other element having a smooth top edge for the hook portions of the hangers to slide along, pin and slot means connecting the elements together for relative movement and means for shifting the top edge of the said other element :above and below the tops of the notches.

2. The device recited in claim 1 wherein the two elements are supported in an inclined position so as to cause the hangers to gravitate toward one end of the elements when the said other element has its top edge above the notches.

3. The device recited in claim 1 wherein the two elements are supported in an inclined position and has :cord means for pulling all hangers thereon toward the lower end thereof.

4. In a device adapted to support a plurality of garment hangers, a pair of elongated elements supported from the ceiling of a chamber, one of the elements having a plurality of notches along its top edge which are adapted to receive the hook portions of garment hangers and the other element having a smooth top edge for the hook portions of :the hangersto slide along, pin means and inclined slotmeansin combination for guiding said elements in their relative movements.

5. In a device to accommodate a plurality of garment hangers and. the like, an elongated member having means for supporting it above the floor of a chamber, a plurality of spaced apart cross notches along-the top edge of the member which function in a manner to catch and hold parts of garment hangers, a shiftable elongated element supported by the said member along the side thereof by slot and pin means whereby the element is slidable upwardly and operates to free all notches of garment hangers, and manual operative means forcausing all garment hangers to shift to one .end of the member.

HOWARD O. BAYLER. ROBERT M. SHOEMAKER.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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